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SUMMARY:Perinatal Mental Health\, Trauma Informed Care and Resilience for New Parents (Clallam or Jefferson Co Providers Only)
DESCRIPTION:This one day training will provide an overview of perinatal mental health with a focus on trauma and trauma informed care.  This training is open to anyone working with families during the perinatal period in Clallam or Jefferson Counties.   \nTrainer: Heidi Koss\, LMHC \nLocation: Zoom \n  \n  \nTopics include: \n\nCOVID & Perinatal Mental Health\nTrauma Informed Care\nSupporting ourselves and our clients through resilience building.\nCommunity Discussion led by Clallam Co Perinatal Mental Health Task Force\n\nContining Education: \n\n6.5 CEUs approved for LICSW\, LMHC\, LMFT\n6.5 Contact Hours approved for RNs\nThis Program has been approved for 6.5 CEUs for Licensed Social Workers\, Mental Health Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists by the Washington State Society for Clinical Social Work.\nProvider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing\, Provider Number 17084 for 6.5 contact hours.\n\nREGISTER TODAY\nQuestions regarding the training\, please email: info@perinatalsupport.org \nThis is a live virtual training and we will not be sending out a recording after the training. \nThis free training is available to those living in or serving Clallam or Jefferson Counties and is offered by Perinatal Support WA through a grant from Strengthening Families Washington at the Department of Children\, Youth\, and Families (DCYF). \n  \nThank you to our community partner: First Step Family Support Center \n  \nHeidi Koss\, LMHC is a psychotherapist in private practice\, serving individuals\, couples and families\, with an emphasis on pregnancy and postpartum mood disorders\, birth trauma\, as well as treating other related birth issues. \nHeidi has contributed to the field of perinatal mental health in many ways over her career. She is the Co-Founder of the Northwest Association for Postpartum Support (NAPS). She served on the WA state leadership advisory committee for the Speak Up When Youre Down Postpartum Depression Awareness Campaign and has been an instructor at the Seattle Midwifery School for their PPMD course. She has collaborated on a PPMD training curriculum with the University of WA School of Nursing Infant Mental Health and Development Program and the Washington State Department of Health First Steps Division. She has been a Certified Postpartum Doula and Certified Lactation Educator for over twelve years\, and the recipient of the prestigious DONA International Penny Simkin Award in 2006. Heidi is also the proud mother of 2 beautiful daughters.
URL:https://perinatalsupport.org/event/perinatal-mental-health-trauma-informed-care-and-resilience-for-new-parents/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:ContinuingEducation,Provider Training
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SUMMARY:PS-WA/PSI State Chapter Advisory Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join perinatal mental health providers and advocates from across the state every other month for a meeting to learn about the work being done in communities in the perinatal mental health field. Come with questions\, share resources\, help build resources in your community\, or learn about how you can get involved. \nThe objective of the committee is to be a structure for advocates across the state to join the conversation\, be a liaison for your community\, and work together to improve perinatal mental health resources in more communities. We hope the committee will be a place in which we can support you in your work in your community\, a place to connect with other advocates\, and also a chance to advise Perinatal Support WA to ensure the issues that matter to your community are represented.   \n  \nState Chapter Advisory Committee Description \nThis is a working committee that guides the state chapter. The objective of the committee is to be a structure for advocates across the state to join the conversation and be a liaison for their community\, and to work together to improve perinatal mental health resources in more communities. The committee is a place in which we can support you in your work in your community\, a place to connect with other advocates\, and also a chance to advise Perinatal Support WA to ensure the issues that matter to your community are represented. Perinatal Support Washington’s role in the committee is as a convenor.   \n  \nCommittee meets the 4th Monday of odd months 6:30-8 via zoom \n  \nFor more information or to RSVP: email victoria.cherniak at perinatalsupport.org
URL:https://perinatalsupport.org/event/ps-wa-psi-state-chapter-advisory-committee-meeting-2021-03-22/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:ContinuingEducation,Provider Training
ORGANIZER;CN="Perinatal Support Washington":MAILTO:training@perinatalsupport.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210304T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210308T170000
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SUMMARY:Interpersonal Psychotherapy for the Perinatal Period
DESCRIPTION:During this 2 day training participants will learn the basics of Brief Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)\, an evidenced based practice\, effective in reducing depression during the perinatal period. IPT is based on the idea that interpersonal issues are linked to depressed moods and that depression can make relationships with others more difficult. The training will start off with learning a culturally relevant engagement session to understand the client’s experience seeking help and address barriers that may get in the way of accessing mental health treatment. This small training is open to a limited number of community providers. \nPresenters: Mary Curran\, MSW\, LICSW & Nancy K.  Gote\, PhD \nDates: \n\nThursday\, March 4\, 9am-5pm PST\nMonday\, March 8\, 9am-5pm PST\n\nLocation: Zoom \n  \nLearning Objectives: \n\nBuild skills in engagement strategies to address barriers to treatment \nLearn the basics of Brief IPT with perinatal clients and families\nDeepen knowledge of IPT theory\, principles\, & targets \nApply Brief IPT knowledge in work with clients during the perinatal period by using IPT tactics\, strategies and techniques\n\n  \nContinuing Education Information: \n\n13 CEUs pending for LICWs\, LMHCs\, and LMFTs\n\nCost: \nThis small training is open to a limited number of community providers at a reduced rate of $250. \nREGISTER TODAY\nQuestions regarding the training\, please email: info@perinatalsupport.org \n  \nAbout the Presenters: \nMs. Curran\, MSW\, LICSW is a research therapist\, care manager & supervisor at the University of Washington with the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and MOMCare program. Ms. Curran is the clinical supervisor for Promoting Healthy Families (PHF)\, a feasibility study\, looking at whether the addition of an interpersonally-oriented educational program\, will help mothers with substance use disorders in the Washington State Parent Child Assistance Program (PCAP) who also have high level of depression and anxiety feel less stressed\, increase their social support & be better equipped to be the kind of moms they want to be.  Ms. Curran has been with MOMCare since 2009\, having worked as a therapist on the NIMH funded intervention study utilizing a culturally relevant engagement session and Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)\, in the treatment of depression during the perinatal period for women on Medicaid & is currently an IPT consultant for University of Denver’s Care Project\, a NIMH funded RTC\, looking at whether reducing maternal depressive symptoms during pregnancy benefits child brain and behavioral development. In addition\, Ms. Curran brings expertise in treating depression & chronic pain in neuro rehab populations where she works on numerous research projects helping patients with traumatic brain injuries and multiple sclerosis learn strategies to better manage chronic pain. In terms research\, Ms. Curran’s focus is on improving access to evidence based psychotherapies using a collaborative care approach to underserved populations\, particularly in the area of perinatal mental health and neurorehabilitation. \nNancy K. Grote brings 27 years of clinical research experience to this work and have previously received a Career Development Award (K23) from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). She has had extensive experience conducting observational studies focused on understanding the practical\, psychological\, cultural and structural barriers to care for difficult-to-reach\, depressed\, socio-economically disadvantaged childbearing and childrearing women. Utilizing this information Grote\, along with her colleagues\, developed an empirically supported\, pre-treatment engagement session based on principles of motivation interviewing and ethnographic interviewing to engage pregnant\, depressed minority and white women living in poverty in culturally relevant\, evidence-based psychotherapy for depression. In particular\, during the period funded by her K23 career development award\, Grote and her team tested this culturally relevant treatment model consisting of a pre-treatment engagement session; 8 weekly sessions of brief interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) for depression\, followed by monthly maintenance sessions\, and case management. Findings from the randomized controlled trial showed that assignment of pregnant\, depressed women to the engagement plus brief IPT group relative to usual care (UC) was associated with 1) greater attendance at an initial treatment session and increased treatment retention and 2) reduction in levels of maternal symptoms and functioning prior to child-birth and at 6 months postpartum (Grote et al.\, 2009). Grote was the Principal Investigator of the NIMH-funded MOMCare Program (1R01MH084897) at the University of Washington School of Social Work and Department of Psychiatry\, which provided evidence-based treatments for perinatal depression to diverse\, underserved\, low-income women receiving public health services in Seattle and King County\, WA.  She has published extensively on 1) adapting evidence-based models of depression care to be relevant both to the culture of poverty and to the culture of race or ethnicity (Grote et al.\, 2008)\, 2) developing an engagement strategy\, based on motivational and ethnographic interviewing\, to engage and retain difficult-to-reach individuals with depression into mental health care (Grote et al.\, 2007)\, 3) developing and disseminating effective and cost effective treatments (such as Brief IPT) for antenatal depression for socio-economically disadvantaged women in OB/Gyn clinics and the public health system (Grote et al.\, 2015; 2016; 2017); and 4) conducting a meta-analysis on the relation between antenatal depression and adverse birth outcomes (Grote et al.\, 2010). Grote is committed to disseminating Brief IPT and to training community providers in engagement and Brief IPT. \n 
URL:https://perinatalsupport.org/event/interpersonal-therapy/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:ContinuingEducation,Provider Training
ORGANIZER;CN="Perinatal Support Washington":MAILTO:training@perinatalsupport.org
GEO:47.7510741;-120.7401385
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DTSTAMP:20260426T073405
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SUMMARY:PS-WA/PSI State Chapter Advisory Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join perinatal mental health providers and advocates from across the state every other month for a meeting to learn about the work being done in communities in the perinatal mental health field. Come with questions\, share resources\, help build resources in your community\, or learn about how you can get involved. \nThe objective of the committee is to be a structure for advocates across the state to join the conversation\, be a liaison for your community\, and work together to improve perinatal mental health resources in more communities. We hope the committee will be a place in which we can support you in your work in your community\, a place to connect with other advocates\, and also a chance to advise Perinatal Support WA to ensure the issues that matter to your community are represented.   \n  \nState Chapter Advisory Committee Description \nThis is a working committee that guides the state chapter. The objective of the committee is to be a structure for advocates across the state to join the conversation and be a liaison for their community\, and to work together to improve perinatal mental health resources in more communities. The committee is a place in which we can support you in your work in your community\, a place to connect with other advocates\, and also a chance to advise Perinatal Support WA to ensure the issues that matter to your community are represented. Perinatal Support Washington’s role in the committee is as a convenor.   \n  \nCommittee meets the 4th Monday of odd months 6:30-8 via zoom \n  \nFor more information or to RSVP: email victoria.cherniak at perinatalsupport.org
URL:https://perinatalsupport.org/event/ps-wa-psi-state-chapter-advisory-committee-meeting-2021-01-25/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:ContinuingEducation,Provider Training
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210111T170000
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SUMMARY:Group Peer Support (GPS) Facilitator Training - Online
DESCRIPTION:This 2.5 day training is open to experienced and first time group leaders. Providers of services to ALL parents are invited to participate in this training. \nGPS Group Peer Support© is an evidence-informed group model that will give you the map to support parents in your community. GPS for Parents© is an empowering group experience that provides a place for parents to address the challenges they face\, hear from others on the path\, gain perspective and strength\, and chart a course through challenging times. \nThis model can be used in a wide variety of settings including those running postpartum support groups\, breast/chest feeding groups\, psychoeducational groups for parents with kids 0-3\, for families in the NICU\, perinatal loss groups\, and any group in which parents are asked to share and listen. \nDates and Times:\nThursday\, Jan 7th\, 2020\, 1:00pm-5:00pm PST\,\nFriday\, Jan 8th\,  9am-5:00pm PST\nMonday\, Jan 11th\, 9am-5:00pm PST\nMust attend all days \nPresenters:\nMia Edidin\, LICSW & Crystal Gurney \nLocation: Zoom \nYOU WILL: \n1. Learn how to provide an evidence-informed model that incorporates cognitive behavioral therapy\, motivational interviewing\, mindfulness-based stress reduction and psychosocial education in a warm and accessible group model \n2. Learn group leadership skills to provide trauma-informed\, empowering group environments through both didactic and experiential learning modalities \n3. Explore cultural messages and myths that can undermine confidence\, competence and mental health \n4. Learn how to provide a population and culturally sensitive\, group model for diverse communities \n5. Include the values and soul of your community into the heart of GPS Group Peer Support© \n6. Merge GPS Group Peer Support© with already-existing educational curricula and learning objectives to enhance deeper engagement \n  \nContinuing Education Information: \n\n14.75 CEU’s approved for LICWs\, LMHCs\, and LMFTs\n14.75 Contact hours available for RNs\nProvider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing\, Provider Number 17084 for 14.75 contact hours\nThis Program has been approved for 14.75 CEUs for Licensed Social Workers\, Mental Health Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists by the Washington State Society for Clinical Social Work.\n\nCOST: \n$360 General Registration \n$335 PS-WA Member \n$206 Current PS-WA Volunteer \nThere are very limited amount of spots available.  If the training is full please add yourself to the waitlist and we will do our best to get everyone in. \nIf you wish to receive printed materials and manual prior to the training you must be registered by Wednesday\, November 4th. \nQuestions regarding the training\, please email: info@perinatalsupport.org \n  \nGPS for Parents© is based on over 15 years of model development by both Annette Cycon and Liz Friedman in their work as the co-founders of MotherWomans Postpartum Support Initiative and through their development of the MotherWoman Support Group Model.
URL:https://perinatalsupport.org/event/group-peer-support-gps-facilitator-training-online/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:ContinuingEducation,Provider Training
ORGANIZER;CN="Perinatal Support Washington":MAILTO:training@perinatalsupport.org
GEO:47.7510741;-120.7401385
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201210T133000
DTSTAMP:20260426T073405
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SUMMARY:Supporting an anti-oppressive practice: A reflective session on cultural humility for perinatal providers
DESCRIPTION:White supremacy affects every system in our society and\, therefore\, our work with clients in the perinatal period. In the service fields such as home visiting\, perinatal mental health\, and medical fields\, traditional methods can propagate further oppression and marginalization for individuals and groups. An anti-oppressive and anti-racist shift in the helping relationship requires introspection and a willingness to challenges our implicit biases. This session will explore tools to implement a framework of cultural humility for providers in different capacities. \n  \n  \nPresenter: Meyleen Velasquez\, LCSW\, PMH-C\, RPT-S \nMeyleen Velasquez\, LCSW\, PMH-C\, RPT-S\, is a psychotherapist specializing in perinatal mental health. Her practice supports individuals identifying as women and clinicians working on practicing from an anti-oppressive framework. \nRegistration Information: \nAdvanced registration for this event is required\, click here or on the website link below to register. Prior to the event you will be emailed the zoom link for the webinar. \nREGISTER TODAY\nMeyleen is a Latinx psychotherapist specializing in perinatal and infant mental health. She is a social work doctoral student focusing her research on anti-racist and anti-oppressive practices in mental health. Her practice supports individuals identifying as women and clinicians working on practicing from an anti-oppressive framework. She sits on the Board of the Washington Association for Infant Mental Health and has served as the Chair for the Florida Chapter of Postpartum Support International and as the past President of the Florida Association for Play Therapy. She enjoys training\, speaking\, and writing and believes that the more we can support each other\, the better for our communities. \n  \nThis free training is part of the Perinatal Mental Health Initiative Webinar Series provided by Perinatal Support Washington through a grant from Strengthening Families Washington at the Department of Children\, Youth\, and Families (DCYF).
URL:https://perinatalsupport.org/event/cultural-humility/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:ContinuingEducation,Provider Training
ORGANIZER;CN="Perinatal Support Washington":MAILTO:training@perinatalsupport.org
GEO:47.7510741;-120.7401385
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201123T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201123T203000
DTSTAMP:20260426T073405
CREATED:20201112T205338Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201120T230608Z
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SUMMARY:PS-WA/PSI State Chapter Advisory Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join perinatal mental health providers and advocates from across the state every other month for a meeting to learn about the work being done in communities in the perinatal mental health field. Come with questions\, share resources\, help build resources in your community\, or learn about how you can get involved. \nThe objective of the committee is to be a structure for advocates across the state to join the conversation\, be a liaison for your community\, and work together to improve perinatal mental health resources in more communities. We hope the committee will be a place in which we can support you in your work in your community\, a place to connect with other advocates\, and also a chance to advise Perinatal Support WA to ensure the issues that matter to your community are represented.   \n  \nState Chapter Advisory Committee Description \nThis is a working committee that guides the state chapter. The objective of the committee is to be a structure for advocates across the state to join the conversation and be a liaison for their community\, and to work together to improve perinatal mental health resources in more communities. The committee is a place in which we can support you in your work in your community\, a place to connect with other advocates\, and also a chance to advise Perinatal Support WA to ensure the issues that matter to your community are represented. Perinatal Support Washington’s role in the committee is as a convenor.   \n  \nCommittee meets the 4th Monday of odd months 6:30-8 via zoom \n  \nFor more information or to RSVP: email victoria.cherniak at perinatalsupport.org
URL:https://perinatalsupport.org/event/ps-wa-psi-state-chapter-advisory-committee-meeting/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:ContinuingEducation,Provider Training
ORGANIZER;CN="Perinatal Support Washington":MAILTO:training@perinatalsupport.org
GEO:47.7510741;-120.7401385
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200820T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200820T123000
DTSTAMP:20260426T073405
CREATED:20200608T173517Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221108T171724Z
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SUMMARY:Strengthening the Pregnancy and Newborn Loss Support Team: A Training for Childbirth Professionals
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Deborah Rich\, PhD\, LP \nThursday\, August 20\, 9:00am-12:30pm PST \nDid you know?\n20-25% of all pregnancies do not survive to a healthy live birth. Therefore\, most childbirth professionals and educators will encounter this tragic experience during the course of their careers. The ideal scenario is for the trusted professional team to be prepared to provide both immediate and ongoing support. If more intensive care is needed\, a mental health professional can be added to provide consultation or direct care. The overall goal for healing is healthy integration of this traumatic experience within a stable support system. \nThis extremely sensitive material is presented in a safe and supportive environment which facilitates participant learning and self-awareness. Lecture\, video and discussion will cover: \n\nCurrent evidence-based practice in the healthcare setting\nDelivering bad news\nFacilitating joint decision-making\nProviding anticipatory guidance along the journey\nRisk factors for depression and anxiety\nImpact on living children and on the subsequent pregnancy\n\nThis webinar is for anyone working with families during the perinatal period including: midwives\, RNs\, social workers\, doulas\, lactation support\, MDs\, and more. PS-WA is hosting 4 week webinar for therapists only.  Information and registration on that training can be found here. \nObjectives: \n\nDefine developmental process of parent identity and attachment.\nDescribe in-hospital best practice for supportive care following early and late pregnancy loss.\nDescribe how guided participation helps patients anticipate a normal trajectory of grief.\nIdentify 3 signs which indicate a need for more intensive intervention.\n\nContinuing Education Information: \n\n3.25 CEUs approved for LICSWs\, LMHCs\, and LMFTs\n3.25 Contact hours are available for RNs\nProvider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing\, Provider Number 17084 for 3.25 contact hours.\nThis Program has been approved for ​3.25 CEUs​ for Licensed Social Workers\, Mental Health Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists by the Washington State Society for Clinical Social Work.\n\nTraining Costs:\n\n$42 (includes all fees) General Public\n$32 (includes all fees) PS-WA Members and Volunteers\n\nREGISTER TODAY\nAbout the Presenter:\nDeborah Rich\, PhD\, LP is a Minnesota psychologist with over 30 years of specialty experience providing patient care\, professional training and program development. Deb founded the Shoshana Center for Reproductive Health Psychology in 1995\, and launched MommaCareTM Training and Outreach Consultation in 2014. Deb was the Coordinator of Pregnancy Loss and Perinatal Mental Health a Fairview Health Services from 1999 2013 when the department was eliminated. She was a founding board member of the Pregnancy Loss and Infant Death Alliance in 2002 and continues as an active member of the education committee. Deb has also served on the boards of North American Psychosocial OB/Gyn and Minnesota Women Psychologists. She is a frequent lecturer at local and national workshops and has trained 14 cohorts with her MommaCareTM model.
URL:https://perinatalsupport.org/event/strengthening-the-pregnancy-and-newborn-loss-support-team-a-training-for-childbirth-professionals-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:ContinuingEducation,Provider Training
ORGANIZER;CN="Perinatal Support Washington":MAILTO:training@perinatalsupport.org
GEO:47.7510741;-120.7401385
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200725T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200725T110000
DTSTAMP:20260426T073405
CREATED:20200625T215751Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201111T070407Z
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SUMMARY:Climb Out of the Darkness -Virtual- Washington State
DESCRIPTION:JOIN PERINATAL SUPPORT WASHINGTON as we host a Virtual Climb Out of the Darkness® the world’s largest event raising awareness and shining a light on the most common pregnancy and childbirth complication: perinatal mood and anxiety disorders like postpartum depression\, postpartum anxiety and OCD\, postpartum post-traumatic stress\, postpartum psychosis\, perinatal bipolar mood disorders\, and pregnancy depression and anxiety.   The Climb is a community walk and international fundraiser for survivors\, providers\, and the community to come together.\n \n  \nLocation and Dates: \n\nA walk or hike near you during the week of July 20-27th\n\nOn Zoom Saturday\, July 25\, 2020 10am-11am\n\nHOW TO GET INVOLVED: \nJOIN:  Sign up to join our team. The event is FREE! To register for the walk or donate\, visit: https://climbout2020.causevox.com/team/seattle \nCLIMB: During the week of Monday July 20th-27th get out and climb\, walk\, hike\, run\, or bike. Pick a place you can physically distance and get your CLIMB on! Take a selfie of you and/or your family on your climb and post on social media using #WAClimb2020 and post on our facebook event page. Let us know why you climb by printing out this template and including it in your selfie. \nZOOM: On Saturday\, July 25th at 10am\, meet on Zoom to join with us and other CLIMBERS from across Washington State on Saturday\, July 25th at 10am to hear from parents who have recovered and about perinatal mental health across the state. We will meet mingle and be in community. Click here for the Zoom link. \nDONATE: Help raise awareness and help families across the state who are struggling with perinatal mental health by donating to Perinatal Support WA. Donating is not a requirement to participate in the CLIMB! \nEvery year Perinatal Support Washington holds this event at local parks as a chance for us to gather and create community for those who are or who have struggled with perinatal mental health. This year with physical distancing and stay at home orders we feel the need for community all the more!  \nThe event features mothers\, fathers\, and others across the globe joining together to climb mountains and hike trails to represent their symbolic rise out of the darkness of perinatal mental health crises and into the light of hope and recovery.
URL:https://perinatalsupport.org/event/climb-out-of-the-darkness-virtual-washington-state/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Provider Training,Support Group
ORGANIZER;CN="Perinatal Support Washington":MAILTO:training@perinatalsupport.org
GEO:47.7510741;-120.7401385
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200610T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200619T120000
DTSTAMP:20260426T073405
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SUMMARY:Best Practices in Prevention\, Identification and Treatment of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders - Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Training is full but you can register for the waiting list. \nTraining for everyone:\nWednesday\, June 10th – 9am-12pm\nThursday\, June 11th – 1pm-5pm \nThursday\, June 18th – 9am-12pm\nFriday\, June 19th – 9am-12pm \nPRESCRIBER focused break out:\nWednesday\, June 10th – 12:00pm – 5:00pm\nFor MDs\, ARNPs\, DOs\, NPs\, OBs\, PCPs and pediatricians\nSee below for more information on the prescriber breakout. \nThis free training is offered by Perinatal Support WA through a grant from Strengthening Families Washington at the Department of Children\, Youth\, and Families (DCYF) and UW Medicine and generously hosted by Nurse Family Partnership Thurston County Public Health. \nLearn how to effectively identify and screen parents experiencing perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. This two-day training is appropriate for a range of providers\, including OBs\, pediatricians\, midwives\, RNs\, social workers\, mental health therapists\, doulas\, public health employees\, home visitors\, IBCLCs\, and more. \nLocation: Zoom \nObjectives of this training:\nDay 1: Basic Topics \n\nUnderstand the “real” transition to parenthood.\nKnow the spectrum of perinatal mental health disorders.\nKnow the risk factors for PMADs.\nKnow key prevention strategies.\nUnderstand high risk populations and health disparities.\nBecome knowledgeable about the impacts of perinatal mental health on families and communities.\nKnow the components of a treatment plan.\nBe able to effectively talk about\, and screen new/expectant parents for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.\n\nDay 2: Advanced Topics \n\nUnderstand the impact of birth experiences on postpartum emotional health.\nBecome knowledgeable about risk and symptoms for partners and fathers.\nBecome knowledgeable about psychiatric medications during pregnancy and breastfeeding.\nBecome knowledgeable about supporting families in the NICU\nBecome knowledgeable about feeding issues and perinatal mental health.\nUnderstand the impact on infant and children.\nUnderstand impacts on partners and relationships.\n\nTrainers-  Heidi Koss\, LMHC and Leslie Butterfield \nContinuing Education Credit: \n\n11.5 CEUs pending for MSWs\, MAs\, MFTs. This Program has been approved for 13.5 CEUs for Licensed Social Workers\, Mental Health Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists by the Washington State Society for Clinical Social Work.\n11.5 Contact hours for RNs: Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing\, Provider Number 17084 for 13.5 contact hours.\nThis training also meets the training requirements for the national Perinatal Mental Health Certification through Postpartum Support International.\n\nPRESCRIBER FOCUSED BREAKOUT SESSION:\nUW perinatal psychiatrists\, Drs. Amritha Bhat and Deborah Cowley\, will lead a prescriber-tailored breakout session\, that includes presentations\, case examples\, and interactive small group exercises focused on screening\, treatment (including psychopharmacology)\, and informed consent during the perinatal period. \nThe breakout session that will focus on: \n\nProcess of differential diagnosis of common mental disorders in the perinatal period.\nRisks of untreated mental disorders and risks of psychotropic medication use during pregnancy and lactation.\nInformed consent discussions with pregnant and breastfeeding women regarding commonly used psychotropic medications.\n\nSpeakers: AMRITHA BHAT\, MD MPH & DEB COWLEY\, MD \nCME HOURS FOR PRESCRIBER BREAKOUT SESSION: \n\nThe University of Washington School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.\nThe University of Washington School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.\n\nAbout the Speakers:\nHeidi Koss\, LMHC is a psychotherapist in private practice\, serving individuals\, couples and families\, with an emphasis on pregnancy and postpartum mood disorders\, birth trauma\, as well as treating other related birth issues. \nHeidi has contributed to the field of perinatal mental health in many ways over her career. She is the Co-Founder of the Northwest Association for Postpartum Support (NAPS). She served on the WA state leadership advisory committee for the Speak Up When Youre Down Postpartum Depression Awareness Campaign and has been an instructor at the Seattle Midwifery School for their PPMD course. She has collaborated on a PPMD training curriculum with the University of WA School of Nursing Infant Mental Health and Development Program and the Washington State Department of Health First Steps Division. She has been a Certified Postpartum Doula and Certified Lactation Educator for over twelve years\, and the recipient of the prestigious DONA International Penny Simkin Award in 2006. Heidi is also the proud mother of 2 beautiful daughters. \nLeslie Butterfield\, PhD is a clinical psychologist who specializes in pregnancy and postpartum issues. At her Seattle\, WA private practice she works with moms and couples struggling with pregnancy and neonatal loss\, the transition to parenthood\, pregnancy and postpartum mood disorders\, and birth related trauma.  Additionally\, she has designed and taught the counseling skills curriculum for Seattle Midwifery School and Bastyr Naturopathic Universitys Department of Midwifery for the past 15 years. \nIn her capacity as an educator\, Leslie has provided trainings and consultations to: University of Washington; Singapore KKH Hospital for Women; AWHONN(Association of Womens Health\, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses); Marce Society; PALS (Pacific Association of Labor Support); API (Attachment Parenting International)\, NAPS (Northwest Association for Postpartum Support)\, Catholic Charities\, Planned Parenthood\, and others.  Recently she has served on the board of PATTCh (Prevention and Treatment of Traumatic Childbirth) as Vice President\, and Perinatal Support Washington as the former chair and current board member. \nDeborah Cowley\, M.D.\, is a board-certified psychiatrist at UWMC-Roosevelt and a UW professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. \nDr. Cowley has expertise evaluating and treating women who have mental health issues during pregnancy and postpartum\, and throughout their life cycle\, including premenstrual and menopause-related psychiatric symptoms. She also has expertise evaluating and treating anxiety disorders and depression. She believes it is important to understand the biological\, psychological and social aspects of a patients emotional disorders. She enjoys educating patients and having them participate in their own treatment whenever possible. \nDr. Cowley earned her M.D. at the University of Pennsylvania. Her clinical interests include anxiety disorders\, depressive disorders\, obsessive compulsive and related disorders\, panic disorder\, postpartum depression\, evidence-based medicine\, maternal mental health and womens health. \nDr. Amritha Bhat\, MD\, MPH\, is a perinatal psychiatrist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. \nShe earned her medical degree from Bangalore Medical College\, India\, and completed a psychiatry residency in St. Johns Medical College\, India. She completed a second residency in Psychiatry with a focus on womens mental health and integrated care from the University of Washington\, and a fellowship in Primary Care in Psychiatry. \nDr. Bhat  also earned a Masters in Public Health from the University of Washington School of Public Health. She is board certified with the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. \n     
URL:https://perinatalsupport.org/event/best-practices-in-prevention-identification-and-treatment-of-perinatal-mood-and-anxiety-disorders-olympia/
CATEGORIES:ContinuingEducation,Provider Training
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SUMMARY:Protecting the Perinatal Experience in the Time of Covid-19 - Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Leslie Butterfield\, PhD \nThis webinar will address some of the particular stressors faced by perinatal providers and patients during this time of Covid-19. Emphasis will be placed on the ways in which grief and trauma may be experienced\, and how healing and cooperation may occur as both patients and providers gain a deeper understanding of one another’s current painful or frightening experiences. \n  \nRegistration Information: \nAdvanced registration for this event is required\, click here or on the website link below to register. Prior to the event you will be emailed the zoom link for the webinar. \nREGISTER TODAY\nLeslie Butterfield\, PhD is a clinical psychologist who specializes in pregnancy and postpartum issues. At her Seattle\, WA private practice she works with moms and couples struggling with pregnancy and neonatal loss\, the transition to parenthood\, pregnancy and postpartum mood disorders\, and birth related trauma.  Additionally\, she has designed and taught the counseling skills curriculum for Seattle Midwifery School and Bastyr Naturopathic Universitys Department of Midwifery for the past 15 years. \nIn her capacity as an educator\, Leslie has provided trainings and consultations to: University of Washington; Singapore KKH Hospital for Women; AWHONN(Association of Womens Health\, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses); Marce Society; PALS (Pacific Association of Labor Support); API (Attachment Parenting International)\, NAPS (Northwest Association for Postpartum Support)\, Catholic Charities\, Planned Parenthood\, and others.  Recently she has served on the board of PATTCh (Prevention and Treatment of Traumatic Childbirth) as Vice President\, and Perinatal Support Washington as the former chair and current board member. \n  \nThis free training is part of the Perinatal Mental Health Initiative Webinar Series provided by Perinatal Support Washington through a grant from Strengthening Families Washington at the Department of Children\, Youth\, and Families (DCYF).
URL:https://perinatalsupport.org/event/protecting-the-perinatal-experience-in-the-time-of-covid-19-webinar/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:ContinuingEducation,Provider Training
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SUMMARY:Intimacy and Sex in the Childbearing Year – An Evening Clinical Discussion
DESCRIPTION:This evening clinical meeting is an interactive presentation and discussion on the changes in intimacy and sex a couple face and how to support a couple during the perinatal period. \nTopics will include women’s physiological changes\, impact of the birth experience on the couples’ future intimacy\, rebuilding connection after the baby and discussion of skill building techniques to navigate the transition. \nThe Evening Clinical Meeting Series meets quarterly. Cost: $20.\nAttendance is free for Perinatal Support Washington members and volunteers.\n**This training is open to anyone working with families during the perinatal period.\n6:30pm Networking\n6:45- 8:30pm training \nSpeaker: Nancy Owens\, MA\, LMHC\, CST \nObjectives: \n\nTo understand the physiological changes of women in the postpartum period and how that impacts a couples intimacy.\nTo understand the impact of the birth experience on couples’ future intimacy.\nBe able to identify and explain skill building techniques to help a couple manage the change in intimacy after a baby.\n\nContinuing Education:\n1.75 CEUs approved for LICSWs\, LMHCs\, and LMFTs\n1.75 Contact hours are available for RNs \n“This Program has been approved for 1.75 CEUs for Licensed Social Workers\, Mental Health Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists by the Washington State Society for Clinical Social Work.” \nProvider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing\, Provider Number 17084 for 1.75 contact hours.\nNancy Owen is a certified sex therapist and sex educator with a private practice in Kirkland\, WA\, With over 25 years experience working as a psychotherapist\, Nancy has a passion for helping adult couples and individuals achieve healthier\, more connected relationships with themselves and others. Nancys specialties include postpartum/perinatal work\, kink/erotic conflicts\, and religious/spiritual issues related to sexual shame\, as well as working with those from the LGBTQIA communities and consensually non-monogamous families. \nThis training and our Perinatal Support Washington Evening Clinical Training series is cosponsored by Simkin Center at Bastyr University. \nPerinatal Support Washington is a state-wide non-profit dedicated to shining a light on perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.
URL:https://perinatalsupport.org/event/intimacy-and-sex-in-the-childbearing-year-an-evening-clinical-discussion/
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